Welcome Bishakha and looking forward to meet you
soon in person.
Ting
Michael Snow wrote:
As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat
left on the
Wikimedia
Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now
filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist,
filmmaker,
and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding
Bishakha, we
met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going
through
the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our
community.
By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that
focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the
media. She
also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and
her
knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move
forward with
the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a
wonderful asset
and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called
Point of
View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral
point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic
background means she appreciates the value of an objective
presentation,
and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she
supports
our mission and values.
We will have an official press release in the next day or so with
some
more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha,
and I
know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
--Michael Snow
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